I would like to let you know ‘It is the easiest way to decrease your stress to have some flowers at home! “
I have been doing this way to stay my mind healthier unconsciously I was surprised to discover scientific proof that flowers can benefit our mental health while I was writing an eBook “Beautiful Meditation, Meditate on Flowers Ikebana“ the Japanese art of flower arranging.” As I have experienced the positive effect while I am doing and after doing Ikebana; arranging flowers through my lessons of 35years and viewing Ikebana since I was born.
Ikebana is the Japanese traditional art whose history have spanned over 555 years, originated from Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan. People unconsciously have enjoyed not only beauty and serenity but also health.
First, I will write some benefits for you to have some flowers at home, thenthe pieces of evidence researches show, and lastly what you should do.
Benefits
- 1 Decrease anxiety and stress
- 2 Nurture sense of compassion Warm atmosphere and productivity
How you can tell? The pieces of evidence measured. Changes in
- 1. Blood pressure
- 2. Cortisol (stress hormone)
- 3. Right brain
- 4. behaviors
- Smile In the 5 sec following the presentation of the stimulus, 100% of the participants in the flower group responded with the Duchenne smile indicating happiness.
What should you do for your health?
Have some flowers at home!
You know aromatherapy and color therapy. Why not cut flowers?
Furthermore, taking care and arranging flowers will benefit much more. This is from my life experience.
Just try to arrange by yourself for your Health.
Let me share a few links to a few he researches
The latest one is Viewing a flower image provides automatic recovery effects after psychological stress
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494419304001
Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D., psychologist and faculty member of the Harvard Medical School and of Harvard University’s Mind-Brain-Behavior Initiative
Chiba University and Mizuho
https://www.mizuho-ir.co.jp/case/research/flower2014.html
http://www.randomactsofflowers.org/images/documents/RAFNational- Study-HomeEcologyofFlowersStudy.pdfhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/147470490500300109